manche (1), maunch

[Fr. manche, from Lat. manic a =along sleeve, from manus =the hand.] *1. Ord . Lang .: A sleeve with long, hanging ends to it. 2. Her .: A bearing representing such a sleeve. *manche-present, s. A greedy fellow; a para măn-chê (2), s. [Native name.] site. Naut .: An East Indian boat used on the Malabar coast. It has masts raking forward and a flat bottom. II. Technically : mandible 1. Canon Law: A person to whom the Pope has, by his prerogative, given a mandate or order for his benefice. 2. Common Law : One who is authorized, and undertakes without a recompense, to do some act for another in respect to the thing bailed to him. măn-dāte, s . [Fr. mand at , from Lat. mandatum =a charge, order, or command, neut. sing. of man dat us , pa. par. of man do =to command; Sp. & Ital. mandato.] I. Ord. Lang.: An order, a command, a charge, an injunction, a commi ion. II. Technically : 1. Canon Law : A rescript of the Pope commanding the ordinary collator to put the person therein named in po e ion of the first vacant benefice in his collation. 2. Eng . Law : A judicial charge, command, or commi ion; abatement of goods without reward, to be carried from place to place, or to have some act performed about them. 3. Scots Law : A contract by which one person em ploys another to act for him in the management of his affairs, or in some particular department of them, which employment the person accepts, and agrees to act. The person giving it is called the mandant or mandator, and the person undertaking the mandatory.